Ezekiel 15

The useless vine wood

וַיְהִי דְבַר-יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹֽר׃
1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
בֶּן-אָדָם מַה-יִּֽהְיֶה עֵץ-הַגֶּפֶן מִכָּל-עֵץ הַזְּמוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בַּעֲצֵי הַיָּֽעַר׃
2
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
הֲיֻקַּח מִמֶּנּוּ עֵץ לַעֲשׂוֹת לִמְלָאכָה אִם-יִקְחוּ מִמֶּנּוּ יָתֵד לִתְלוֹת עָלָיו כָּל-כֶּֽלִי׃
3
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
הִנֵּה לָאֵשׁ נִתַּן לְאָכְלָה אֵת שְׁנֵי קְצוֹתָיו אָכְלָה הָאֵשׁ וְתוֹכוֹ נָחָר הֲיִצְלַח לִמְלָאכָֽה׃
4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
הִנֵּה בִּֽהְיוֹתוֹ תָמִים לֹא יֵֽעָשֶׂה לִמְלָאכָה אַף כִּי-אֵשׁ אֲכָלַתְהוּ וַיֵּחָר וְנַעֲשָׂה עוֹד לִמְלָאכָֽה׃
5
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה כַּאֲשֶׁר עֵץ-הַגֶּפֶן בְּעֵץ הַיַּעַר אֲשֶׁר-נְתַתִּיו לָאֵשׁ לְאָכְלָה כֵּן נָתַתִּי אֶת-יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
6
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת-פָּנַי בָּהֶם מֵהָאֵשׁ יָצָאוּ וְהָאֵשׁ תֹּֽאכְלֵם וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּֽי-אֲנִי יְהוָה בְּשׂוּמִי אֶת-פָּנַי בָּהֶֽם׃
7
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת-הָאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה יַעַן מָעֲלוּ מַעַל נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃
8
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

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